San Diego Union-Tribune

Obama: Naming of new Iraqi PM is “promising step”

Washington, Aug 11 (EFE).Washington, Aug 11 (EFE). — U.S President Barack Obama on Monday hailed the naming of a new Iraqi prime minister, Haider alAbadi, a Shiite, as a “promising step,” while the ...
THE WEEK

Iraq's president nominates new prime minister, Haider al-Abadi

Iraqi president Fouad Massoum nominated Haider al-Abadi as Iraq's next prime minister on Monday in a move that is likely to increase political tensions with Iraq's current prime minister, Nouri ...
The Daily Telegraph

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrives in ‘liberated’ Mosul

Mr Abadi “arrives in the liberated city of Mosul and congratulates the heroic fighters and the Iraqi people on the achievement of the major victory,” his office said in a statement. The announcement ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Iraqi Shiite cleric al-Sadr urges followers to end sit-in

Baghdad, Mar 31 (EFE).Baghdad, Mar 31 (EFE). — Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada alSadr urged on Thursday his followers to end their sitin outside the Green Zone in Baghdad, after Prime Minister Haider ...
PBS

haider al-abadi

In our news wrap Monday, at least 23 people were killed and nearly 50 more wounded by a suicide car bomb in a busy commercial district -- and mostly Shiite neighborhood -- of Baghdad. The violence ...